[3] He became the worshipful master of the lodge in 1919 and served in such capacity with great achievement and distinction for five years.
He led the successful efforts in raising the necessary funds for a permanent masonic temple building in town.
For five years he raised the money necessary to purchase the land from Oliver D. Mead's old homestead which is where Havemeyer Place meets Milbank Avenue.
Austin was the first to turn the sod on the Mead lot and the building still stands proudly at 28 Havemeyer Place (though the lodge no longer meets there having sold it many decades ago).
Austin resumed his medical profession until his death in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 26, 1942, aged 64 years, 72 days.
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